| Title |
i-CLIMATE: a "clinical climate informatics" action framework to reduce environmental pollution from healthcare |
| ID_Doc |
7542 |
| Authors |
Sittig, DF; Sherman, JD; Eckelman, MJ; Draper, A; Singh, H |
| Title |
i-CLIMATE: a "clinical climate informatics" action framework to reduce environmental pollution from healthcare |
| Year |
2022 |
| Published |
Journal Of The American Medical Informatics Association, 29, 12 |
| DOI |
10.1093/jamia/ocac137 |
| Abstract |
Addressing environmental pollution and climate change is one of the biggest sociotechnical challenges of our time. While information technology has led to improvements in healthcare, it has also contributed to increased energy usage, destructive natural resource extraction, piles of e-waste, and increased greenhouse gases. We introduce a framework "Information technology-enabled Clinical cLimate InforMAtics acTions for the Environment" (i-CLIMATE) to illustrate how clinical informatics can help reduce healthcare's environmental pollution and climate-related impacts using 5 actionable components: (1) create a circular economy for health IT, (2) reduce energy consumption through smarter use of health IT, (3) support more environmentally friendly decision-making by clinicians and health administrators, (4) mobilize healthcare workforce environmental stewardship through informatics, and (5) Inform policies and regulations for change. We define Clinical Climate Informatics as a field that applies data, information, and knowledge management principles to operationalize components of the i-CLIMATE Framework. |
| Author Keywords |
climate change; electronic health records; clinical climate informatics; medical informatics; i-CLIMATE |
| Index Keywords |
Index Keywords |
| Document Type |
Other |
| Open Access |
Open Access |
| Source |
Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED); Social Science Citation Index (SSCI) |
| EID |
WOS:000843182300001 |
| WoS Category |
Computer Science, Information Systems; Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications; Health Care Sciences & Services; Information Science & Library Science; Medical Informatics |
| Research Area |
Computer Science; Health Care Sciences & Services; Information Science & Library Science; Medical Informatics |
| PDF |
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9667163
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